Career: The show A One Night Stand with Sean Hughes toured the UK and Australia, as well as performances in Los Angeles, Montreal and Toronto. In 1991 he made a brief but memorable appearance in Alan Parker's acclaimed movie The Commitments as a record label executive, before writing and appearing in the aptly titled Sean's Show for Channel 4 a year later. Other TV programmes followed, including Sean's Shorts, but it was his six-year stint as a team captain on the irreverent music quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks that made him a household name. His dramatic acting has included roles in Murder Most Horrid, Gormenghast, Girl on a Cycle, The Last Detective, Coronation Street, Agatha Christie's Marple, and Round Ireland with a Fridge.